Reflections
Tonight’s Dream Was Off the Rails
OK. I think I’ve been seeing too many medieval memes (knights dressed in armor saying they’re girding their loins to go grocery shopping) and the Doctor McCoy meme that has been altered to read “Corona Virus? What is this–the Dark Ages?” I’ve just awakened from a dream in which I seemed to be spending…
Read MoreSleep Is My Refuge These Days
Being stuck at home has put me in touch with both sides of myself: the better angels of my nature and my cruel, analytical, judgmental side. Trust me: I’m not liking my second side at all. And it only manifests when I’m awake. I guess that’s the good news. The bad news…
Read MoreDreams about Overcoming Galore Last Night
https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/videos/3213014118923040/UzpfSTY3NDMzNzkxNDoxMDE1ODI4Mzg1NDgzNzkxNQ/ After watching the hour and a twenty minute corona virus Round Table last night (which you can see above if you want to feel better about things), I went to bed and had a series of dreams about overcomers and overcoming last night. I don’t recall the details now, but I think…
Read MorePondering What to Say Today…
Three weeks ago I was bitching about maybe not having transmasculine top surgery as soon as I anticipated. Not long ago I was bitching about exit polls not matching election results. Both matters still concern me–don’t get me wrong–but today, I’m pondering a whole ‘nuther universe of concern: Who will still be alive…
Read MoreCOVID-19 is Exposing the 5 Biggest Lies of Corporations
With the industrialized world and hundreds of millions of employees hunkered down against the corona virus, it’s easy to spot at least five big lies that corporations have been trying to get us to believe for decades: What we do doesn’t measurably impact the planet in a negative way. Wealthy people are the real (and…
Read MoreEnforced Isolation–Jail Without Bars?
The corona virus has required something from all of us: isolating ourselves to the greatest degree possible so the pandemic can run its course without infecting more people. It isn’t a long-term condition: 15 to 30 days should do it, so it’s doable. So, most of us (I believe) are doing that. Why?…
Read MoreIngenuity
Today I’m being creative in a new way. I was just about ready to get a haircut…and then the corona virus came to town and my barber shop closed, as did every other hair salon in the area. What to do? Today I was growling over my hair and trying to figure…
Read MoreGoing Grocery Shopping Today–EARLY!!
Albertson’s and Safeway are allowing only high-risk people (elderly, immune-compromised) to shop in their grocery stores from 7 am to 9 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so this morning I’m going to Albertson’s to pick up a list of things I need. (They’ll clean and sanitize the night before to make sure the place is…
Read MoreSupport Local Restaurants that Offer Take-Out Now
Yesterday I called one of my favorite local restaurants, Anglea’s in Tacoma on Portland Avenue in Midland, because I saw they have take-out orders for people who are at high risk and isolating themselves from public contact. Restaurants here in Tacoma are closed now by order of the Governor because of the corona virus,…
Read More“Look for the Helpers”
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Fred Rogers I must say I have some amazing helpers. And so do you, whether you know them personally or not. …
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